Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 7 02 Jun 2026, 17:21

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Tails persistence 163 0 0 0 0 163 21 0 21 21:1.134 Passed
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Feature Tails persistence
As a Tails user I want to use a Persistent Storage
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1:35.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.968
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.067
And I install "python3-behave" using apt 6.301
Then the Tails Persistent Storage behave tests pass 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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31.548
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.881
When I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 17.194
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.247
And persistence is disabled 0.122
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 5.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:39.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 8.831
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.297
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.093
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 18.322
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.787
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:4.928
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.193
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
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29.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and logged in 7.618
And the system is very low on memory 3.854
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.198
When I try to create a persistent partition 4.774
Then The Persistent Storage app shows the error message "Not enough memory to create Persistent Storage" 0.093
When I close the Persistent Storage app 2.486
And I free up some memory 0.875
And I create a persistent partition with the default settings 9.176
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:31.255
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.405
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.447
And all tps features are active 1.194
And all persistent directories have safe access rights 2.203
When I disable the first tps feature 2.628
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.076
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.795
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.237
Then all tps features but the first one are active 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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13.349
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.793
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.063
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.066
Then the file I created was copied to the Persistent Storage 0.097
When I disable the first tps feature 2.649
Then persistence for "Persistent" is not active 0.052
And the Persistent directory does not exist 0.056
When I enable the first tps feature 2.470
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.055
And the file I created in the Persistent directory exists 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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13.678
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.595
Then persistence for "Persistent" is active 0.077
When I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.064
And I disable the first tps feature 3.036
And I delete the data of the Persistent Folder feature 2.852
Then the file I created does not exist on the Persistent Storage 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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40.358
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.423
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.173
And I take note of which tps features are available 0.194
When I write some files expected to persist 1.213
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.753
# XXX: The next step succeeds (and the --debug output confirms that it's actually looking for the files) but will fail in a subsequent scenario restoring the same snapshot. This exactly what we want, but why does it work? What is guestfs's behaviour when qcow2 internal snapshots are involved? (tails/tails#10330)
Then only the expected files are present on the persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 12.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:43.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.507
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 10.103
And I add a wired DHCP NetworkManager connection called "persistent-con-current" 0.136
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.882
Given I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:6.148
And I capture all network traffic 0.011
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 11.425
And I switch to the "persistent-con-current" NetworkManager connection 0.337
And the 1st network device has a spoofed MAC address configured 0.227
And no network device leaked the real MAC address 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.128
Tags: @product
41.944
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.059
And I enable persistence creation in Tails Greeter 1.070
And I log in to a new session expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated 15.095
Then I create a persistent partition with the default settings using the wizard that was already open 16.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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2:49.697
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.775
When I enable persistence 14.295
Then no persistent Greeter options were restored 13.332
When I set all Greeter options to non-default values 38.781
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.349
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.415
# We need to set a format explicitly, or it won't be restored later
When I set the formats to "Belgien - Deutsch" 4.516
When I log in to a new session in German (de) after having activated the Persistent Storage 25.994
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.187
When I cold reboot the computer 6.275
And the computer reboots Tails 38.800
Then the Welcome Screen's language is set to English 0.251
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to United States 0.228
Given I enable persistence 7.536
Then persistent Greeter options were restored 0.080
And the Welcome Screen's formats is set to Belgium 0.342
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 9.380
Then all Persistent Greeter options are set to non-default values 0.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
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2:12.770
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.348
# Note that if anything fails after the passphrase was changed and
# before it's changed back below, subsequent scenarios might fail
# because the Persistent Storage doesn't have the expected passphrase.
When I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage 29.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.635
Then I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with the changed persistence passphrase 1:6.329
And I change the passphrase of the Persistent Storage back to the original 22.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
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38.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.003
And I log in to a new session without activating the Persistent Storage 14.414
Then persistence is disabled 0.139
But a Tails persistence partition exists on USB drive "__internal" 4.365
And all notifications have disappeared 7.891
When I delete the persistent partition 2.800
Then there is no persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:22.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.502
When I write some dotfile expected to persist 0.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.738
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login with persistence enabled 1:7.927
Then the expected persistent dotfile is present in the filesystem 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
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43.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.761
And I create a symlink "/home/amnesia/Persistent" to "/etc" 0.061
When I try to enable persistence 1.181
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 10.686
When I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 11.673
And all notifications have disappeared 8.135
Then the Persistent Storage settings tell me that the Persistent Folder feature couldn't be activated 1.286
And all tps features are enabled 1.065
And all tps features but the first one are active 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
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1:5.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 32.986
And I enable persistence 19.899
And I log in to a new session after having activated the Persistent Storage 10.424
Then a Tails persistence partition with LUKS version 2 and argon2id exists on USB drive "__internal" 0.656
And persistence is enabled 1.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
22.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a LUKS 1 persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.396
And I enable persistence but something goes wrong during the LUKS header upgrade 14.687
Then the Tails persistence partition on USB drive "__internal" still has LUKS version 1 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
27.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.687
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" 10.102
When I enable persistence 6.951
Then the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.050
And persistence is successfully enabled 1.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product
26.868
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.994
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 10.319
When I try to enable persistence 1.294
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 3.180
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.164
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that the filesystem was repaired successfully 0.671
And the filesystem of the Persistent Storage was repaired 0.052
When I close the filesystem repair dialog 1.163
Then persistence is successfully enabled 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.469
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.009
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.214
And the Persistent Storage filesystem is corrupted beyond what e2fsck can repair 0.067
When I try to enable persistence 1.180
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that filesystem errors were found on the Persistent Storage 9.764
When I repair the filesystem of the Persistent Storage 1.261
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that it failed to repair the Persistent Storage 0.026
When I log in to a new session 11.483
And all notifications have disappeared 10.559
# Now both WhisperBack and Tor Browser has started at the same
# time, so we do not know which window is focused. The steps about
# Tor Browser care about that, but the ones about WhisperBack do
# not, so we first deal with WhisperBack and then kill it to
# ensure that Tor Browser is focused.
Then WhisperBack is prefilled for fsck with summary: "Failed to repair the file system of your Persistent Storage" 0.141
And the file "/var/lib/gdm3/post-greeter-whisperback.json" is empty 0.432
When I close the "whisperback" window 1.223
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.323
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
46.413
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 7.581
And I corrupt the Persistent Storage filesystem on USB drive "__internal" in a way which can't be automatically repaired 9.370
And Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.344
When I try to enable persistence 1.166
Then the Welcome Screen tells me that my hardware is probably failing 3.022
When I log in to a new session 12.442
And all notifications have disappeared 9.932
Then the Tor Browser starts 1.802
And "Tails - Recovering data from the Persistent Storage when it has file system errors" has loaded in the Tor Browser 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000